Новости за 19.10.2016

Brooks Hays
BEIJING, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Researchers at Tsinghua University managed to calculate the flotation forces generated by water striders by tracing the shadows cast by the insect's legs.

The strike at the Gale Street Medico-Legal Mortuary in Durban is over after the intervention of the MEC of Health in KwaZulu-Natal‚ Sibongiseni Dhlomo.

The fall of Fox News boss Roger Ailes is being developed as a miniseries for TV.

Andrew V. Pestano
CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Venezuela officially delayed gubernatorial and regional elections, originally set for December, possibly by up to half a year and a whole year, respectively.

NEW YORK (AP) — "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's game bat has sold for $583,500.

NEW YORK (AP) — "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's game bat has sold for $583,500.

NEW YORK (AP) — "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's game bat has sold for $583,500.

Wits Vice Chancellor Adam Habib was chased away from a peace accord meeting at a church in Braamfontein by angry students.

Celebrating freedom fighter Ashley Kriel’s birthday more than 20 years after his death, his family is finding solace in the re-opening of the investigation into his death.

The US-led coalition backing Iraqi forces’ fight against the Islamic State in Mosul provides no combat support to the Shia Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) because it includes militias that are recognized terrorists, Operation Inherent Resolve land commander Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky told reporters Wednesday.

MIAMI — A man who gained notoriety after discussing his deformed skull in online videos has been charged with arson and attempted first-degree murder. Miami police officers wrote in an incident report that 31-year-old Carlos Rodriguez was sitting in his backyard Monday when they arrived to investigate a fire inside a duplex attached to a

PARIS — France’s interior minister has met with police union leaders in an effort to restore calm following two nights of angry demonstrations by officers protesting a lack of equipment and rising anti-police violence. Bernard Cazeneuve met with the powerful union bosses on Wednesday, pledging to open an official consultation from Monday with police units

Islamic State leaders have fled the Iraqi city of Mosul which is under a massive siege by Iraqi forces, aided by the US-led coalition forces, a US general has said.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The Fort Wayne City Council has approved changes to a city ordinance that bans firearms from city parks. The Fort Wayne City Council voted 6-3 to remove firearms from a list of prohibited items that includes paint ball guns, BB guns and fireworks, The Journal Gazette (http://bit.ly/2ehgR0w ) reported. Councilman Jason

BOSTON — Syracuse coach Dino Babers was rocking the locker room speech after beating Virginia Tech and knocking the Hokies out of the Top 25. Boston College coach Steve Addazio is still trying to earn his first Atlantic Coast Conference win in more than a year. When the Eagles and Orange meet on Saturday in

Pearl Jam's nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame struck a major sour note with a former member of the band.

"The collapse has not happened. The unwind has not happened," Jim Chanos told CNBC's Scott Wapner on "Halftime Report" on Wednesday.

Dylan Lupton will be the fourth driver this year to start in all three of NASCAR's national series.

– President Muhammadu Buhari received the 21 Chibok girls who were released by Boko Haram terrorists – He promised to make sue other girls still in captivity return home – The girls applauded the president and urged security operatives to intensify their effort to bring the rest of the girls home Rebecca Malam who is […]